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Hotel Accommodations Sponsors The 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference The 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference is will return to the beautiful Wyndham sponsored by the Kennedy Center Imagination Colorado Springs. Located at 5580 Tech Celebration and the Wyndham Colorado Springs Center Drive, just west of Exit 147 on Hotel. Interstate 25, the Wyndham Colorado The Pikes Peak Writers would like to acknowledge Springs offers panoramic views of Pikes the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District as our Conference Book Store Peak and the front range — a truly inspira- founding sponsor and for their strong support and tional setting for our 10th Conference. The sponsorship for the past nine years. The Conference Book Store Sale will again offer a wide Wyndham is an enthusiastic host of our variety of books by our speakers as well as many selec- The Pikes Peak Writers appreciates the continued 2002 Conference. The Wyndham, which will tions to enhance your writing skills. Authors are wel- cooperation of the Pikes Peak Library District for sponsor the Light Buffet on Friday evening, come to bring their books to sell at the bookstore. The supporting the year-round education of regional has set attractive room rates for our 2002 deadline for inclusion is 9:00 a.m. Saturday of the writers. Conference, at $75 single or double occu- Conference. Pick up your unsold books no earlier than pancy. These rates are guaranteed for reser- 3:30 p.m. on Sunday of the Conference. vations made by March 30, 2002 (and might Special Thanks NOTE: We will accept VlSA/Mastercard on purchases still be available on a space-available basis Pikes Peak Writers would like to offer our sincerest of at least $15. We also accept checks. for calls after that date). thanks to Jim Flynn of the law firm of Flynn, The toll-free number direct McKenna, Wright & Karsh for his pro-bono support to the Wyndham Colorado Springs and sterling advice in the formation of our is (800)962-6982. organization. USEFUL TIPS ON WRITING COMMERCIAL FICTION

FEBRUARY 2002

REGISTRATION FORM INSIDE 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference May 3-5, 2002 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO PPWC has something Presented by the for all kinds of writers . . . Pikes Peak Writers

Mystery Suspense Romance CONFERENCE SPECIAL EVENTS Friday Evening: OPENING CEREMONIES Children’s 5:30 p.m. Faculty Meeting Young Adult 7:00 p.m. Light Buffet 8:15 p.m Opening Ceremonies — Laura Hayden, Charlie Rush Action Adventure KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Robert Vaughan — Recreates Ernest Hemingway Western Screenplays Saturday Luncheon: SPECIAL PRESENTATION Creative Nonfiction 12:15 p.m. Lunch PANEL with T.A. Barron, , Ralph Wetterhahn, Jonis Agee and moderated by Jimmie Short Stories Butler. Panel will discuss “How Every Person Can Make a Difference With Their Writing” Mainstream Saturday Evening: PPWC AWARDS DINNER Historical Fiction 6:30 p.m. Mixer 7:30 p.m. Dinner Meet Editors Recognition of winners of the Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest. Presentation of the 2nd annual Pikes Peak Writers Conference Award of Excellence &Agents! KEYNOTE SPEAKER: David Morrell “The Slings and Arrows of Being a Professional Fiction Writer”

The Pikes Peak Writers Conference is a Sunday Luncheon: CLOSING CEREMONIES project of the Pikes Peak Writers. The Pikes Peak Writers are under the aus- 11:45 a.m. Lunch pices of the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs. This FEATURED SPEAKER: Sharon Sala, “Paths Less Taken” conference is underwritten by the Wyndham Hotel in Colorado Springs. 2:00 p.m. First general membership meeting of the Pikes Peak Writers. Pikes Peak Writers Conference GUEST SPEAKER: Elizabeth Lyon, “Why Organize as Writers?” P.O. Box 6726 3:00 p.m. Pikes Peak Area Screenwriters meeting Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 531-5723 web site: www.ppwc.net e-mail: [email protected] Schedule ROBERT VAUGHAN of Events Robert sold his first book when he was nineteen and has been selling regularly ever since then. He is a member of the Friday, May 3, Writers' Hall of Fame, the recipient of the Spur Award, (Best 2002 Western Novel) and the Porgie (Best Original Paperback.) His 11:00 a.m. — Conference book, The Valkyrie Mandate, received a Pulitzer nomination, Check-in Begins and his story, Andersonville, made into a mini-series for TV, 12:00-2:00; 2:30-4:30 p.m. — Optional Reading/Editor was nominated for an Emmy Award. He is a retired Army Critique Sessions Chief Warrant Officer, who served three tours in Vietnam. He Optional Reading/Established now lives on the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where he Author Critique Sessions Optional Agent Roundtable conducts a yearly writers' retreat. Sessions 5:30 p.m. — Faculty and Staff Meeting

7:00 p.m. — Light Buffet SPECIAL PRESENTERS 8:15 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies. DAVID MORRELL Recognition of Win, Place David is the author of First Blood, the award-winning novel and Show (See page 6) Keynote Speaker — Robert in which the character of “Rambo” was created. He holds a Vaughan Ph.D. in American literature from the Pennsylvania State University and was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa until he gave up his tenure to write Saturday, May 4 full time. "The mild-mannered professor with the bloody- 7:30 a.m. — Full Breakfast 7:45 a.m. — Conference Tips minded visions," as one reviewer called him, Morrell has for Newcomers written numerous best-selling thrillers that include The 8:00 a.m. — Late Check-in Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for a highly rated NBC 8:40 - 9:40 a.m. — Session 1 miniseries, starring Robert Mitchum), The Fifth Profession, 9:50 - 10:50 a.m. — Session 2 11:00 - noon — Session 3 and Extreme Denial (set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives). His most recent books 12:15 p.m. — Lunch are a collection of award-winning suspense stories, Black Evening; the novels Burnt Sienna Luncheon Panel — T.A. and Long Lost; and an instructional book, Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Barron, Ralph Wetterhahn, Connie Willis, Jonis Agee Looks at his Craft. Twenty million copies of his books are in print. His fiction has been 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. — Session 4 translated into 22 languages. 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. — Session 5 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. — Session 6 6:30 p.m. — Mixer (cash bar) Eagles Nest SHARON SALA 7:30 p.m. — Awards Dinner It was a job she hated that drove Sharon to put the first page 8:30 p.m. — Recognition of Winners of the Paul Gillette of paper in an old typewriter, but it was the love of the craft Memorial Writing Contest that kept her writing. Her first efforts at writing came in 1980 Keynote speaker: David when she began a book that wound up under her bed. Her Morrell second book suffered a similar fate. In 1989 she wrote Sara's Recognition of Pikes Peak Writers Conference Award Angel, and the first publisher she sent it to bought it, and she for Writing Excellence — hasn't looked back. David Morrell As a farmer's daughter and a farmer's wife, Sharon escaped the drudgeries of life through the pages of books, Sunday, May 5 and now as a writer, she finds herself living out her dreams. 8:00 a.m. — Continental One faithful reader crowned her the “Reba of Romance” while others claim she's a magi- Breakfast cian with words. Her stories are often dark, dealing with the realities of this world, and 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. — Session 7 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. — Session 8 yet she's able to weave hope and love within the words for the readers who clamor for 11:45 a.m. — Lunch her latest works. Luncheon Keynote Speaker Always an optimist in the face of bad times, many of the stories she writes come to — Sharon Sala her in dreams, but there's nothing fanciful about her work. In November of 2001, her 40th 2:00 p.m. Pikes Peak Writers Meeting book, Snowfall, written under her name was released, although she writes under the pen 3:00 p.m. name, Dinah McCall as well. Her books repeatedly make The New York Times Extended list, Pikes Peak Area USA Today, Publisher's Weekly and Waldenbooks Mass Market Fiction. Screenwriters Meeting

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Name ______Special Needs: If you have special needs, such as a disability, please contact us, Street ______and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs. City ______State ______ZIP ______What’s Covered in the Registration Fees: Phone ( ) ______The registration fee covers all conference materials, the welcome party on Friday evening, all conference presentations E-mail ______and workshops, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday, (We encourage e-mail addresses for all registrants, especially those seeking appointments. PPW and the awards dinner on Saturday evening. does not release or resell e-mail address lists.) Are You Published In Novel-Length Fiction? If so, and if you’d like a couple of your NOTE: Group registration discounts are given only to writing titles listed on your nametag, please list them below. groups when those members submit their registration in blocks of five or more in the same envelope. Current members of the 1. ______Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District also qualify automatical- ly for the group discount. (Please include a copy of your current 2. ______Friends membership card with your registration form.) Circle one: Refer to the Workshops and 1234567 If postmarked by Mar. 25: Individual registration fee $220 Panels listing and circle the 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Group registration fee $198 numbers of the eight sessions 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 If postmarked by Apr. 22: Individual registration fee $250 you are most interested in 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Group registration fee $225 attending. This will be used for 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 If postmarked AFTER Apr. 22: Individual registration fee $325 determining room sizes. Your Group registration fee $293 choices will NOT bind you to 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 My registration fee based on rules above is: ______them at conference time. 43 44 45 Extra dinner tickets # ______@ $32 $ ______SIGN-UP 1: FRIDAY AFTERNOON READING SESSIONS LoBrutto Critique # ______@ $50 $ ______Please indicate a maximum of three editors for whom you’d like to read on Friday in order of preference. We will assign you one of your choices if possible. Jerry Gross Critique #______@ $50 $ ______1) ______TOTAL ENCLOSED • • • • • • • • $ ______2) ______ I want to join the Pike Peak Writers. (Your $25 membership 3) ______fee is offset by a $25 discount so there is no change in the total SIGN-UP 2: ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS funds you are remitting.) (Please check www.ppwc.net for any faculty additions) I was a past Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest winner Please indicate a maximum of three editors and/or agents for whom you’d like to interview with who can participate in WIN, PLACE AND SHOW (and include info) during the conference in order of preference. We will assign you one of your choices if possible. 1) ______Make check or money order payable to: The Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2) ______Send this form with your payment to: 3) ______Pikes Peak Writers Conference, P.O. Box 6726 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 Manuscript genre or type ______SIGN-UP 3: ONE-ON-ONE CRITIQUE WITH EDITORS, PAT LOBRUTTO or JERRY GROSS Special Dietary Requirements? The 20 pages you want critiqued by Pat LoBrutto or Jerry Gross need not be from a completed manuscript and can be fiction or nonfiction. There is an additional fee of $50, and Vegetarian you must send your manuscript pages to arrive no later than April 12. See insert for details. Which meals do you plan to attend: YES, I’d like to participate in a one-on-one critique with Pat LoBrutto. Saturday Lunch Saturday Banquet Sunday Lunch YES, I’d like to participate in a one-on-one critique with Jerry Gross. 25. Spotlight on New Authors 36. Freelance Magazine Writing Carol Berg, Robin D. Owens, Carol Umberger, Ralph Ralph Wetterhahn — Using practical, down-to-earth means, Wetterhahn — What happens once you make that first sale? Wetterhahn leads you through the puzzling world of magazine And what steps did you take to get there? This panel will offer publishing from the inception of an idea to the query letter to insights into the mysterious world of publishing. seeing your article in print. 26. Survive to Write: How to Hang in There Until You're Published 37. Collaboration: Will We Finish Each Other Before We Finish the Book? Robin. D. Owens — Define yourself, support emotional tech- Connie Willis/Cynthia Felice — If you've ever considered co- niques and people, determination and luck, explore your writing a book, you'll want to learn how to avoid the pitfalls that options, bottom-line questions. will prevent the project from ever getting started, let alone fin- 27. Making Your Character Sizzle (Session 1) ished. Felice and Willis have been collaborating for 25 years. Christine Pacheco — The workshop will include numerous 38. I'd Love to Write if I could Find the Time examples of what to do and attendees will come away with Connie Willis — Finding the time to actually write that novel solid advice on improving their own characterization. Authors (or short story or haiku) is the hardest part of writing. Learn are requested to watch the movie "Top Gun" before attending techniques writers have come up with through the ages. the workshop. 39. Visualizing a Presentation of Your Story for Picture Books 28. Making Your Character Sizzle (Session 2) Craig Brown — How to present your work to a publisher for a Christine Pacheco — same as above. picture book. 29. Story Development 40. Characterization Laura Resnick — Interactive workshop examines plot and struc- Robert Vaughan — Develop a character onion and your charac-

WORKSHOPS AND PANELS ture through various exercises. Get out of talking head mode ter will tell the story. and come have fun. 41. Secrets to Writing Nonfiction Book Proposals That Sell 30. Ultimate Villain Elizabeth Lyon — A good 80% of books published are not only Sharon Sala — Making the bad guy as memorable as the hero nonfiction, but primarily written by first-time writers. and heroine. Nonfiction books offer the best entry into publishing, but only if 31. Choices you know how to write a great query and a superb proposal. Sharon Sala — Motivational talk about how to stay focused on 42. The Good and Bad of Critique Groups being a writer. Jimmie Butler, Laura Hayden, Michael Waite — How can you tell the good from the bad when looking for a critique group? 32. Writing and Selling Short Stories What to look for, what to do and what not to do are all discussed John Stith — Short stories might be fiction, but they're different by this panel of authors who have spent years in critique groups. from full-length novels. This workshop will discuss how to fit a complete story into a shorter length and where to market it. 43. From Lust to Love: Achieving Believable Romantic Resolution Tami Cowden — How do writers show the accelerated 33. Writing and Selling Science Fiction progress of the relationship from lust to love in a believable John Stith, J. Gregory Keyes — Science Fiction offers a wide way? This workshop outlines the development of a lasting love variety of settings and characters, but how do you keep them relationship, beginning with the initial meeting, traveling from taking over? Stith and Keyes will explain the do's and through mutual respect, then trust, and finally love. dont’s of writing Science Fiction and where to sell it. 44. Following The Artist's Way 34. Writing from the Heart Robin D. Owens — Description of Julia Cameron's 12-week Carol Umberger — The closest thing to a “secret handshake” or course detailing morning pages, artist dates, tasks, useful ideas, magic formula to getting published is learning, sometimes the and essential pages. hard way to write from one's heart. Personal reflections as well as practical advice on finding your way to the heart of your writing. 45. Tapping the Mythic Mind: Myth, Folklore J. Gregory Keyes — Myths are not merely a form of storytelling, 35. Navigating the Publishing Minefield but a tool for fundamentally reorganizing consciousness. Robert Vaughan — Kick open the publisher's door, grab him by Explore some of the diverse sources of myth and discuss how to the scruff of the neck and ram your manuscript down his read, understand and transform it. scrawny throat! Attention: 2002 Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest Winners This year we're putting together a booklet of information about 4. The Dwight Swain Model: According to Dwight Swain, our winning entries. We will include a page on each 1st, 2nd, every solid commercial story includes five key elements: and 3rd place winner — for all winners who submit a file of the Character; Situation; Objective; Opponent; Disaster. Use Swain's required information by Wednesday, April 17. We will provide a recommendation to cast these five elements in a particular order copy of the booklet to each editor and agent who attends the into two sentences. 2002 PPWC — and perhaps to a few others publishing profes- 5. Manuscript Summary: Use the rest of the page to summarize sionals who have attended previous PPWCs. your story. If you are notified you have placed in this year's contest, you The instructions to the winners will provide more details and an will be asked to provide a file of one page that includes the fol- example of how the page should be set up. See the PPWC Web lowing information: site at www.ppwc.net for a preview look at those instructions and 1. Contact Information that tells how an editor or agent might a sample of the type of page that would go into this booklet. reach you. 2. Title Information identifying your manuscript's title and the NOTE: Learning to describe your stories according to the category in which the manuscript placed. Dwight Swain Model will help you whether you are one of this 10 3. A One-Sentence Tag Line describing the work. year's contest winners or not. ANDREA BROWN business. Her agency has successfully sold into ATTENTION EARLY The Andrea Brown major publishing houses, including Harlequin, Literary Agency, Inc. was Dorchester and Avalon Books. Their main focus REGISTRANTS formed in 1981. She was is romance and women's fiction. They also repre- If you paid a $20 deposit for the first agent to repre- sent mainstream fiction, mysteries, children's early registration to reserve sent both children's stories and nonfiction titles. your place in line for the editor authors and illustrators. readings and the Saturday/ EMILY KIM Some of her best-selling Emily works at Writers Sunday editor/agent inter- titles include The Beanie views, you must mail the bal- House Literary Agency ance of your fee to be post- Baby Handbook by Les with senior agent, Robin marked by March 25th, other- and Sue Fox, the Beverly Hills 90210 series by Mel Rue. Emily helps repre- wise the deposit will be consid- Gilden, the Sunset Island series by Cherie sent approximately 35 ered strictly a deposit toward Bennett, Mama, Do You Love Me by Barbara Jossee clients, primarily fiction, regular registration. If you can- and Barbara Lavallee, and Scholastic's The Black nonfiction and young Lagoon series by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee. not attend and want your $20 LITERARY AGENTS adult authors. Because refunded, we must receive a Andrea also represents ABC and ESPN sports they have a full client note or e-mail from you by anchor, Robin Roberts, and award-winning list, they are very selective concerning new March 25th or the money will author, Mel Glenn. acquisitions. She also has a small list of her own. be contributed to the Kami Butler Scholarship Fund. CHRIS EMERSON She's looking for women's fiction, mysteries, LA-based Jump Rope young adults and nonfiction. EDITOR READINGS Productions is a literary LINDA KRUGER management/produc- Friday Afternoon Now president of The tion company whose Fogelman Agency with Priority will be given to contest goal is to discover that offices in Dallas and placement and early registrants. really talented writer Manhattan, Linda has Readings will then be based on before everyone else. been with the agency the date your registration is They rep a list of emerg- since its inception. She received. Due to the number ing writers that includes earned a degree in media of editors attending, the space Masonberg & Minton, Standing on the Moon, for editor readings is limited in theory and criticism at Eric Coble, Isolated Incidents, Water Music, Steve the University of Texas. 2002. If you are not reading, Binder, Sci-Fi's Invisible Man TV series, you’re welcome to sit in on the She is a member of the Association of Authors' Vampotic & Sorrentino, Kissing Santa Claus, Representatives, Inc. and the RWA. She is inter- readings and hear first-hand the Paul Davidson, ABC's Rivals, and Sam advice given to those who are ested in all areas of romance. Linda is also look- presenting their manuscripts. Schreiber, Faith. JRP is also producing Daddy ing for select nonfiction works that target a If you provide an e-mail address Boot Camp at Revolution Studios, Sticks & female audience, commercial nonfiction, pop- on the enclosed registration form, Stones with ChickFlicks and Isolated Incidents culture, and some self-help. For more informa- you will be pre-notified personal- at Radar Pictures. tion, please check out their web site at ly of your interview time. JESSICA FAUST www.fogelman.com. Otherwise, the interview sched- ules will be listed on our web site Jessica is co-founder of KIM LEAK and on the bulletin board on the BookEnds, LLC with part- Kim is the newest agent Friday start date. See enclosed ner Jacky Sach. They are a to join the Fogelman sheet for other details. full-fledged literary Literary Agency. A agency focusing on fiction Dallas native, she and nonfiction for adult attended the University AGENT ROUNTABLES audiences. As senior edi- Friday Afternoon of North Texas. She has tor at Macmillan, she han- an extensive back- As an option to Editor Readings, dled more than 100 ground in marketing on Friday afternoon two groups Complete Idiot's Guide titles. Her clients include and publishing design. of literary agents will sit in Jenny Lykins, Barbara Einstein, Kate Douglas, and She is currently interested in mystery and sus- informal discussions with William Kemsley, founder of Backpacker magazine. pense, as well as nonfiction with an emphasis those interested in learning She works with Penguin Putnam Inc., Warner on memoirs, biographies and true crime. what an agent can do for Books, Hyperion Publishing, Adams Media and writers. These free-wheeling . Her Agency is especially interested NAT SOBEL seminars are meant for the in romance, mystery, suspense and women's fic- Nat founded the literary agency, Sobel Weber writers trying to learn about tion and nonfiction books about spirituality, self- Associates. He is a former bookseller, publisher's the writer-agent-publisher help, health, relationships, business, parenting, sales rep, marketing director, and subsidiary process. This is not an occa- and books geared to women. rights agent. His agency represents a wide variety sion to make a pitch for of adult fiction and nonfiction authors. In addi- your manuscript. MICHELLE tion to a well-established list of clients, among GRAJKOWSKI them best-selling and prize-winning authors, AUTHOR READINGS From the time Michelle they pride themselves on discovering and devel- opened the door to the 3 Friday Afternoon oping new talent. He holds a B.A. in English Seas Literary Agency, she from the City College of New York. Published authors will host has been living her open read and critique ses- dream. Michelle graduat- sions under the same format ed with a degree in and guidelines as the editor Journalism, and as much readings. as she enjoyed reading 3 and writing, she found herself enthralled with CHRISTOPHER EVANS also acquires trade paper originals for Crown's OPTIONS FOR Christopher is an editor at and paperback imprint, . Recent SAT./SUN. buying primarily military history nonfiction. He best-sellers she's edited include The Sweet Potato was a military historian for American and Queens' Book of Love and the sequel God Save the NEWCOMER’S Canadian televised documentary “The Battle of Sweet Potato Queens by Jill Conner Browne, BREAKFAST SESSION Vimy Ridge: 1917.” He was a Research Associate Tulipomania by Mike Dash, and Nappily Ever After at the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and by Trisha Thomas and Guenevere, Queen of the We’re pleased to welcome a num- EDITORS Summer Country by Rosalind Miles. She doesn’t ber of writers attending their first Disarmament Studies, a historian for battlefield edit business books, self-help, sci-fi, health or par- PPWC. Got questions? Show up a tours to Europe. He won second place in the little early Saturday morning, grab Toronto Star Short Story Contest for Victory enting books. Crown editors generally don't read some coffee, and listen to “old Garden. Another short story, “Chasing Tale” in unsolicited manuscripts, but she would make an heads” give tips on planning Beyond the Rose was published in 2001. exception for people attending the conference. which sessions to attend, confer- MEG LEDER ence etiquette, pacing, and general- LAURA ANNE GILMAN ly what to expect. This is a chance Laura Anne oversees Roc Books, an imprint of Meg is an editor for Writer's Digest Books and to ask your neophyte questions the Penguin Putnam publishing group (meaning Story Press. She has worked at Xavier Magazine and not be embarrassed. that it’s now a corporate sibling of , and The Journal of Pediatrics, and has written for where she was an assistant editor prior to taking Personal Journaling Magazine and Cincinnati EDITOR/AGENT charge of Roc). Patrons of her SFF Net newsgroup Magazine. Meg received her M.A. in English from INTERVIEWS can find her avidly dissecting the latest episodes the Ohio State University, where she taught writ- If you have a finished manuscript of Buffy or X-Files, or singing the praises of the ing for two years. WD Books is interested in non- or nonfiction proposal that you Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, a band with its fiction books on writing for writers and particu- would like to present to an agent roots in the SF community and its heart in blues- larly books with an emphasis on novel/fiction or editor, you may sign up for a land. She's also co-authored a pair of Buffy the writing and general business. Their books focus ten-minute interview. These inter- Vampire Slayer novels with Josepha Sherman and on craft, art, genres, marketing, etc. views offer a rare opportunity to published short stories in several anthologies. go one-on-one with the editors STEPHANIE LANE and agents. Priority will be given JERRY GROSS Stephanie grew up in the Boston area and gradu- to contest placement and early Jerry has been critiquing ated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in registrants. and line editing fiction English and Psychology. She began working at and nonfiction for many Tor/Forge Books as an associate editor, editing MANUSCRIPT years. Although not now titles in the romance, women's fiction, and mys- CRITIQUE an acquiring editor, he tery genres. Stephanie is now an editor for 17th PPWC is offering an opportunity was Vice President and Street Productions, a producer of bestselling fic- to have your manuscript Editorial Director of tion for pre-teens, teens and twenty-somethings. critiqued by a qualified editor. Warner Books and Vice She edits the teen witch series Sweep as well as For $50 extra, you can spend 30 the Wonder Girls series, published by Scholastic. minutes with either Pat LoBrutto, President and Associate Editor-in-Chief of . Since She's looking for young adult mystery, , editor at Stealth Press, or Jerry humor, romance and mainstream, twenty-some- Gross, Gross Associates, in which 1987 he has been a top freelance editor and book they will offer advice on your first doctor, working with agented and unagented thing romance, mystery and mainstream. 20 pages of manuscript and syn- authors. He is the editor of the classic work on PAT LOBRUTTO opsis. See insert. Pat is interested trade book editing Editors on Editing: What Pat was studying Urban Planning in graduate in popular history, nonfiction, SF, Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do. school when he discovered people would pay fantasy, horror, historical fiction him to read books. He’s been an editor at Ace and general fiction. Jerry wants RACHEL KAHAN mainstream fiction, mysteries, Rachel is a graduate of the College of William Books, Zebra, , Bantam, and currently male-oriented thrillers, espionage, and Mary in Virginia and of the 1996 Radcliffe with Stealth Press — which is bringing back a adventure and “escape” fiction. Publishing Course. She is currently an associate number of classic out-of-print titles by authors He's not interested in SF, fantasy, editor at Crown Publishers, a division of like Peter Straub, Richard Matheson, William W. young adult or nonfiction. . She specializes in historical Johnstone and John Skip and Craig Spector and narrative nonfiction, historical fiction, and sold on their web site. In 1988 he won the World contemporary African-American fiction. She Fantasy Award for his editing work.

2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference Award for Writing Excellence In 2001 we initiated the Pikes Peak Writers Conference Award for Writing Excellence and awarded it to Robert Crais. Each year's recipient is selected based primarily on two criteria: 1. An admirable career in commercial fiction, which can serve as an inspiration to those who attend the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. 2. A demonstrated willingness to help other writers in their quests to improve their craft and story-telling abilities. We are pleased to announce that our second recipient of the 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference Award for Writing Excellence is: David Morrell 4 Check the program distributed in the conference brochures at the 13. Writing and Illustrating Children's Books conference for the final lineup of speakers and panels. This line up is Craig Brown — If you're interested in writing or illustrating subject to change. The final schedule will be in the registration packet. children's books, this is the workshop for you. Multi-published author Craig Brown will discuss the steps involved in producing 1. Spotlight on Publishing Houses a book for younger readers. Christopher Evans, Laura Anne Gilman, Meg Lede and 14. Keep It Short: Short Stories and Personal Essays Stephanie Lane will discuss current needs, offer tips, share Teresa Funke — Learn how to write and sell short stories and success stories and answer questions. personal essays. Find out which sells better, which markets pay 2. Spotlight on Literary Agencies the most, and how to decipher hidden meanings in those annoy- Agents Andrea Brown, Jessica Faust, Kim Leak, Nat Sobel, ing rejection slips. Emily Kim will discuss their role in your writing careers, their 15. Understanding the Editorial Mind requirements, and tips for writer-agent relationships. Jerry Gross — Discuss the important differences between the 3. Spotlight on Literary Agencies way an editor and an author look at a manuscript, and how Agents Chris Emerson, Michelle Grajkowski, Linda Kruger understanding and using these differences creatively can avoid will discuss their role in your writing careers, their requirements, an adversarial author/editor relationship and create a collegial and tips for writer-agent relationships. relationship that enhance the writer's writing skills and career. 4. Common Problems of Beginning Writers 16. Rejecting Rejection Jerry Gross, Elmer Kelton Jimmie Butler — Almost all new writers make the same dozen — A panel with an editor, agent and or so mistakes in writing and formatting their manuscripts. writer that offer inspiration, wisdom and practical advice to writers on how to keep their egos intact, their spirits high, and

WORKSHOPS AND PANELS Even if you don't consider yourself a beginner, this program will remind you of techniques you may have forgotten. their creative juices flowing despite repeated turndowns. 5. Scene and Sequel 17. Writing about the West Elmer Kelton Pam McCutcheon — As sentences are the building blocks of — The western novel is an icon and who better paragraphs, scenes are the building blocks of your story. Once than Elmer Kelton, an icon himself, to share his years of wisdom you master scene structure, including their follow-on sequels, on writing the western. you'll have a basic grasp of storytelling. 18. Firing Up That First Novel 6. Synopsis Elizabeth Lyon — The job of mapping out and writing a first Cynthia Felice — Encapsulating your book in a synopsis is one novel need not be overwhelming once you learn how the pros of the most difficult things all writers have to do. Cynthia will do it. You'll learn how to discover your story promise, map out explain how to take a full-length novel and condense it down into your lot, and keep your novel character-driven. a few pages while keeping the tone, character, and plot intact. 19. Strategic Planning 7. POV Elizabeth Lyon — You may have wandered into the writing pro- Charlie Rush — Understanding point-of-view is vital for the fession, but isn't it time to plan your success? Editor and literary beginning author to understand. This workshop explains all the consultant Elizabeth Lyon will lead you through a strategic plan- various points-of-view and how to make them work for you. ning process, no matter what you are writing and no matter what level of success you seek. 8. Screenwriting - Story Structure Larry Riggins — Every good movie, play or story begins with 20. Selling Your Book Bob Mayer structure. Learn how to weave a well-told story with this — The query/submission will be discussed in detail workshop. along with the role of agents and editors and how to find the right one. Also, how to watch out for various schools, scams and other 9. Screenwriting Situation and Character Paradigm aspects that confront the new writer trying to get published. Larry Riggins — Getting characters into and out of conflict is part of what makes a good story work. Learn how you can do it. 21. Writing the Political Thriller Francine Mathews — What works in a post-Cold War world? 10. First Five Pages How do we address terrorism after the World Trade Center? Jonis Agee — In this workshop, we will examine how the first Bring plot, pace and a cast of thousands together for a book five pages of a novel can excite or destroy interest in an agent, that sells. editor, and reader through its urgency, tension, significance and the unexpected. Bring the beginning of your novel. This work- 22. Publishing Business from the Writer's Perspective Bob Mayer shop is for all writing levels. — E-books, print-on-demand, shrinking mid-lists, corporate mergers: where does all this leave the writer who 11. Dark Matter: On Revision in the Novel often feels on the outside? You hear agents and editors talk Jonis Agee — In this workshop we will focus on techniques and about the business, but it's important to understand a writer's issues for revision, considering structural factors such as the dra- point of view. It's also important to know what not to do. matic arc, missing and unnecessary scenes, characterization, “heat,” flashbacks, the monologist, voice, place and setting and 23. What Not To Do In Dialogue David Morrell pacing. Bring a scene that is giving you trouble, plus a list of — No matter how much time you put into creat- the problems or issues you are facing in completing the novel. ing characters, they still need to speak. The way they speak and what they say offer insights as well. David shares his wisdom 12. From Here to There: An Alternative to Outlining and Pre-plotting on what to avoid and how to make dialogue flow through the Carol Berg — If you're overwhelmed with the idea that you entire book. must know every detail before touching your keyboard, here is a different way to get from blank screen to fully developed story: 24. Plotting a Mystery Leslie O'Kane start at the beginning and write through to the end. Hear the — A mystery is required to have clues leading up advantages and pitfalls of real-time plot and character develop- to the final solution, but plotting them into the story isn't always ment, and how to combine it with other techniques to create a that easy. Mystery author Leslie O'Kane will go into detail on how to plot and write that mystery novel. 9 dynamic story. LAURA RESNICK CAROL UMBERGER Kami Butler Laura is the Campbell Carol is the author of Award-winning author of Circle of Honor, winner of Memorial 40 science fiction/fantasy the RWA Golden Heart Scholarship Fund short stories, the epic fan- Award for Best Short tasy novel In Legend Born, Historical. She recently We were pleased to again award and its upcoming sequel sold her three-book over 20 scholarships to aspiring In Fire Forged (coming in Scottish Crown series to writers for the 2001 Pikes Peak 2002). Writing under the Integrity Publishing of Writers Conference. The PPWC pseudonym Laura Leone, Nashville. Carol is a scholarship program exists she is also the award-winning author of more three-time winner in the Paul Gillette Memorial because of generous contribu- than a dozen romance novels, most of which are Contest for Historical Romance — White Rose of tions of many, many people, now being reissued by Wildside Press. She Scotland, Circle of Honor, and Waiting for You. including Kami’s Aunt Jacque crossed Africa overland and wrote a nonfiction She has been published in the Colorado Springs Sue, who through her estate book about the experience, A Blonde in Africa. Business Journal and has had numerous articles in contributed $1,000 again in 2002. Resnick also writes two regular columns, “The the newsletter of her local RWA chapter. Carol A PPWC scholarship pays the recipient’s full registration fee Comely Curmudgeon” for Nink and “The Filthy spent 12 years on active duty with the Air Force for the Conference. Our primary Pro” for the SFWA Bulletin. You can find her on where she met her husband. purpose in offering these scholar- the Web at www.sff.net/people/laresnick. RALPH WETTERHAHN ships is to reach promising LAWRENCE RIGGINS Ralph is widely read in writers who would not otherwise Lawrence holds a MFA with a specialization in Air & Space/Smithsonian, be able to afford to attend the motion pictures and television and a BA in Popular Science, conference. If that fits your AUTHORS AND SPECIALISTS Theatre Arts. Mr. Riggins has produced three fea- Leatherneck, the Bangkok circumstances, consider applying. Application letters for the 2002 ture films and co-produced several television Post Newspaper, Phnom PPWC should address your cir- movies. He has written a number of award-win- Penh Post, Soldier of cumstances including things you ning screenplays and stageplays, has over 10 Fortune, The Retired have done for yourself to help years of motion picture and television industry Officers Magazine, the U.S. your writing and a bit about why experience, and teaches film at the university Air Force Academy you wouldn’t be able to attend level. Mr. Riggins has extensive associations with Checkpoints Magazine, Vietnam Magazine, among otherwise. If you know other producer representatives and distribution outlets others. His new and widely acclaimed nonfic- writers who should be consid- and has facilitated the world-wide sale of three tion book, The Last Battle, describes the closing ered, encourage them to apply feature films prior to forming Branded Films in battle of the Vietnam War and for the first time as well. association with White Tiger Entertainment LLC. reveals the fate of our nation's final three casual- Applications (or donations) His most recent film was Repli-cant in which he ties. His first novel is due out in 2002 from should be sent to: Jimmie H. served as the writer. Carroll & Graf. He studied journalism at the Butler, 6660 Delmonico Dr., D- USC Master of Professional Writing program and 215, Colorado Springs, CO 80919. CHARLES RUSH is a contributing editor for The Retired Officers Selections will be made shortly In 1997, Charlie decided Magazine. A former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, after the close-out of the early “to write a novel in six he served combat tours during the Vietnam War registration deadline. Scholarship months.” Many Jimmie with both the Air Force and the Navy. He is flu- winners will be notified shortly Butler critiques and three ent in Thai, has traveled to and written exten- after that. years later, he finished his sively about Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, first Civil War novel. He Ireland, Italy and Cambodia. SESSION has completed his second and is working on his CONNIE WILLIS PREFERENCES third novel. Charlie has Connie is an internation- also published two short stories and several ally-known award-win- PPWC '02 will offer 45 magazine articles. He was a volunteer for the ning science fiction programs in eight sessions. Please indicate your top eight PPWC for four years and is this year’s Deputy author who was just choices on the registration form Director, and Vice President of the newly-formed awarded the title Best to assist us in determining ses- Pikes Peak Writers. Science Fiction Author sion-room assignments. Your JOHN STITH of the Nineties by Locus Magazine. She is the choices will NOT bind you in any John has sold eight nov- author of , way at conference time. They are els, optioned several fea- merely a planning tool for us. winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best ture-film screenplays, and Science Fiction Novel, Lincoln's Dreams, winner has sold to television (Star of the John W. Campbell Award for Best Science PPWC CONTACTS Trek). Redshift Rendezvous Fiction Novel; ; Uncharted Territory; was a Nebula Award Bellwether; To Say Nothing of the Dog, winner Check our web page at nominee. Manhattan of the Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction http://www.ppwc.net. To con- Transfer earned a Hugo tact us or be added to our mail- Novel; and the short story collections Award Honorable ing list, please e-mail and . Willis has won an unprece- Mention. Several of his works have been bought [email protected], or write to: dented total of six Nebula Awards and eight by the Science Fiction Book Club and optioned Pikes Peak Writers Conference Hugo Awards and is the first author to have ever for film. Complete information may be found at P.O. Box 6726 won both awards in all four fiction categories. www.neverend.com. Most of his work is in ebook Colorado Springs, CO 80934 Her most recent book, , is a novel about form at www.peanutpress.com. His works are near-death experiences . She is currently work- being republished in trade paperback by The ing on a time-travel novel about the Blitz. Wildside Press.

8 JONIS AGEE 2001. Restoration is forthcoming in summer 2002, Jonis is the author of nine and Song of the Beast in 2003. Carol is a former PIKES PEAK books, including four Paul Gillette Writing Contest winner (1999 first novels: Sweet Eyes, place in Fantasy/Science Fiction and 1999 second WRITERS Strange Angels, South of place in Young Adult) and met both her editor The newsletter insert has a Resurrection, and The and agent at PPWC. good deal of information about Weight of Dreams; four CRAIG BROWN our new organization, Pikes collections of short fic- Craig, known as Farmer Peak Writers. One of the very tion: Pretend We've Never Brown at schools, is easi- first benefits you can get by Met, Bend This Heart, A ly recognized by his joining Pikes Peak Writers is a .38 Special and a Broken Heart, and Taking the Wall; books. Students know discount on your conference and a book of poetry, Houses. A Nebraska native, his books by the tech- fee. PPW membership dues for she is Professor of English and Creative Writing nique he uses, which is at The University of Nebraska. Among her many 2002 are $25 and that entitles called stipling. Craig awards are an NEA grant in fiction, a Loft- you this year to a $25 discount draws with a crow quill McNight Award, and a Loft-McNight Award of to the conference. If you haven’t and rapidograph pen Distinction. Her books — Strange Angels, Bend already joined PPW, please varying the space between black dots to create This Heart, and Sweet Eyes — were named remember to check the block on values of gray. Dots closer together create dark Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times. values, while dots placed further apart create the registration form. Your con- Her newest books are a collection of short stories ference discount will be offset lighter values. After the ink dries color is added called Taking the Wall (Coffeehouse) and the with pastels, gouache and colored pencils. Craig by your membership fee so novel The Weight of Dreams, which won the there will be no change in your has lived in Colorado for 21 years writing and Nebraska Book Award for 2000. She owns twen- illustrating books and teaching and visiting conference fee remittance. (i.e. AUTHORS AND SPECIALISTS ty pairs of cowboy boots, some of them works of schools throughout the United States and over- by paying your conference fee art, and she loves the open road. seas to promote reading, writing and creativity. and checking the box, you become a PPW member.) T.A. BARRON JIMMIE H. BUTLER See our web Site: Tom grew up in Jimmie earned an www.pikespeakwriters.org Colorado ranch country, advanced degree in the traveled widely as a Master of Professional Rhodes Scholar, man- Writing Program at the aged a successful venture University of Southern DISCLAIMER capital business, and California and studied then changed careers to several years in Paul Pikes Peak Writers, organizers become a full-time Gillette’s writers work- of the Pikes Peak Writers writer. He is the award- shop. He helped estab- Conference, is incorporated in winning author of many highly-acclaimed novels lish the PPWC and the Front Range Fiction the state of Colorado and is a including The Lost Years of Merlin and The Ancient Writers. He used his military background in the 501(c)(3) — pending non-profit One, the picture book Where Is Grandpa?, and space program and as a combat pilot to produce organization. We are not now nor nature books about Colorado wilderness—all two award-winning techno-thrillers, The Iskra brimming with his passion for the great out- ever have been associated with Incident and Red Lightning-Black Thunder. He doors, family, and the power of every person to any other for-profit business enti- self-published A Certain Brotherhood about flying make a difference. Tom also devotes significant ties using our name (or variations small spotter planes over the Ho Chi Minh Trail time to serving on boards, supporting education of our name) such as those trade in the Vietnam War. and conservation causes, and expanding the businesses owned by or connect- Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. His TAMI COWDEN ed with James Ciletti. Our contin- favorite pastime is hiking on mountain trails Tami always wanted to ual public use of the Pikes Peak with his wife, Currie, and their five children. be a writer but did a lot Writers (Conference) name dates Visit his web site at www.tabarron.com. of other things instead. back to its organizational incep- After practicing law for tion and the first conference CAROL BERG 10 years, she finally in 1993. Carol has been a teacher started writing fiction. of mathematics, a teacher That was in 1997, and of childbirth and parent- she's come a long way ing education, and most since then, publishing a PPW KICKOFF recently a software engi- nonfiction book on Hero and Heroine Archetypes as neer. Thanks to a friend well as fiction short stories. In 2000 she stopped The kickoff meeting for Pikes who challenged her to practicing law to teach legal writing full-time at Peak Writers is Sunday at 2 p.m. write a series of e-mail the University of Denver College of Law. She Our guest speaker will be letters in character, a life- also teaches fiction workshops around the coun- Elizabeth Lyon addressing long love of reading turned into a passion for try, and in her “spare” time, she actually gets “Why Organize as Writers?” writing that quickly got out of hand. Along with some writing done. Author and teacher Elizabeth degrees in mathematics from Rice University and Lyon has attended dozens of computer science from University of Colorado, writers conferences and interfaced Carol came away with concentrations in English with many writers organizations. literature and history of art. Carol's first novel, She shares her views on the the epic fantasy Transformation, was a finalist for benefits of being members of the 2001 Compton Crook Award for the best first these organizations. fantasy/science fiction/horror novel of 2000 and the 2001 Barnes and Noble Maiden Voyage 5 Award. The sequel, Revelation, was published in CYNTHIA FELICE produced numerous video shorts and promos At five feet ten and with along with a feature-length video. (See WIN, PLACE curly hair that adds an www.governmentguineapig.com). She co-pro- AND SHOW inch or two, Cynthia is duces an area television program, Tri-Lakes hard to miss. She is best Today, is a writer/researcher for the Center for If you were a winner in the known for her complex, Creative Leadership, is a member the Pikes Peak Paul Gillette Memorial carefully plotted novels Area Screenwriters, the Pikes Peaks Arts Writing Contest over the last and was nominated for Council, The Art Institute of Colorado's Digital 10 years and have gone on to the John. W. Campbell Media Advisory Board and Senior VP, Director sell your work, please check Award after the publica- of Author Acquisitions for KiwE Publishing. the box on the registration tion of her first novel, Godsfire. She received the form and include a note with ELMER KELTON Award for Outstanding Paper from the Society Elmer is the author of 38 the title of your book, the for Technical Communication for her paper, The year and category in which novels and his latest, you won, and any war Future is Now for Automating Document Control, a Badger Boy, came out in stories you might have to Case History for the User. Her peculiar insistence January 2001. Three tell. We want to recognize on eating regularly and sleeping in a warm bed of his novels have you at this year’s conference. inspired her to prevail as a member of the work appeared in Reader's We’ll also have a display force for more than 25 years. Her inquiring intel- Digest Condensed Books. board showing the contest lect and engineering bent led her to become a Four have won the winners’ successes. sales engineer for capital equipment in the Western Heritage Award electronics field, a motel owner, and a manager from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, of configuration control departments for major Oklahoma City. Six have won the Spur award corporations. from Western Writers of America. In 1987 he AUTHORS AND SPECIALISTS OPERATION TERESA FUNKE received the Barbara McCombs/Lon Tinkle Teresa's recently pub- Award for “continuing excellence in Texas let- lished novel, Remember ters” from the Texas Institute of Letters. In 1990 PAPERBACK Wake, won first place in he received the Distinguished Achievement Operation Paperback is a program the 1998 Paul Gillette Award from the Western Literature Association. started on the Internet to send Memorial Writing The Texas Legislature proclaimed Elmer Kelton paperbacks to our troops overseas. Contest. She is currently Day in April 1997. In 1998 he received the first Since they are often stationed in at work on a nonfiction Lone Star award for Lifetime Achievement from remote areas with little entertain- book titled We Can Do It: the Larry McMurtry Center for Arts and ment, the contribution of reading American Women's Stories Humanities at Midwestern State University in material will give them something from World War II and a second novel. Teresa's Texas. He also received honorary doctorates to do and look forward to at the short stories and essays have appeared in from Hardin-Simmons University and Texas end of the day. In support of this numerous magazines and anthologies. She has Tech University. He was given a lifetime achieve- effort, the Pikes Peak Writers also placed more than 80 articles in regional and ment award by the National Cowboy Symposium Conference will collect your gently national publications. in Lubbock. used paperbacks at the conference, package them up, and mail them LAURA HAYDEN J. GREGORY KEYES to Operation Paperback which will Laura attended PPWC 's When J. Gregory Keyes send them to our military service- inaugural year as a vol- was a small boy, his men and women serving overseas. unteer and contest win- father's job took his fami- So, please remember to bring your ner. Since then, she's ly to live on an Arizona paperbacks and donate them to sold nine books to four Navajo reservation; he the cause! quickly became bilin- For more information about this publishers under two names, moved five times gual. At four years old he great cause, check out their didn't find it difficult to web site at: across the country, and is learn another language, http://oppaperback.virtualave.net/ now back in Colorado as PPWC's director and PPW’s president. Laura's and Navajo became as much a part of him as upcoming books include Double Exposure, the English. Keyes's early experience in the Navajo PPWC 2001 first in the new “First Daughter” mystery series culture was the beginning of a lifelong fascina- co-authored with real First Daughter, Susan tion with linguistics, rituals, myths, and legends. AUDIO TAPES Ford and The Official Nora Roberts Companion, It wasn't only the Navajo reservation that had an coming in October 2002. impact on his imagination; equally important We have noticed that a few audio were the long evenings his extended family tapes from last year’s conference JAN C.J. JONES (some of Choctaw ancestry) spent spinning sto- were not up to our normal high Passion, patience, persis- ries. Keyes burst upon the fantasy scene two quality. If you purchased one of tence and perseverance years ago, astonishing his readers with his gift these tapes, bring it to this year’s is Jan's personal credo for creating fantastical worlds with wholly origi- conference and trade for a new for writing success. Jan's nal belief systems, and wonderful people to one. Summit AV has guaranteed award-winning scripts inhabit them. After two epic fantasy novels, The satisfaction for its customers. have been considered by Waterborn and The Blackgod, Keyes is taking off in Paramount, Disney, a new direction. Newton's Cannon is an Umberto World Wide Pictures, Eco-like tale of fantasy and history, magic and DreamWorks SKG, science, peopled with characters out of his imagi- Walden Media and Jim Henson Productions. She nation as well as from history — Louis XIV, wrote the 1998 KCIC theatrical-turned-video, Benjamin Franklin, Blackbeard, Voltaire, and the The Rhythm-Maker and the Storyteller which gar- enigmatic Sir Isaac Newton. nered a national broadcasting award. Jan has 6 ELIZABETH LYON PAM McCUTCHEON CANCELLATION As an independent book Pam is a former engineer editor and consultant to turned romance writer POLICY writers throughout the who uses her left-brain Cancellations due to U.S. and Canada, and as skills to analyze and emergencies are handled far away as Moscow and explain the often right- on an individual basis. If an Buenas Aires, Elizabeth brained world of writing. emergency arises, please contact us immediately has helped scores of writ- The result is two nonfic- to discuss your situation. ers break into print and tion books from Our phone number is secure movie options. Gryphon Books for (719)531-5723 and our She is the staff teacher of masters' classes for the Writers: Writing the Fiction Synopsis and The e-mail is [email protected]. prestigious Writer's Retreat Workshop for novel- Writer’s Brainstorming Kit (with Michael Waite). ists begun by the late Gary Provost. Elizabeth Her seventh , The Hope Chest has been a contributing writer to Writer's Digest Series: Enchantment, came out in 2001 from STAY WITH US Magazine and writes a column for Willamette Kensington Ballad. Writers and articles for other organizations. Her LESLIE O’KANE first book for writers, Nonfiction Book Proposals AT THE WYNDHAM Leslie is the author of Anybody Can Write, is considered the standard two humorous mystery Is this your first writers reference on preparing proposals. Literary agent series for Ballantine. Her conference? Even if it’s not, Jean Naggar described Elizabeth's second book, first novel was published consider getting a roommate The Sell-Your-Novel Toolkit, as an indispensable in 1996, and her 10th or two and stay at the guide that belongs on every writer's bookshelf. Wyndham. The attractive rates mystery, Death of a PTA Her web site, elizabethlyon.com, posts helpful offered by the Wyndham AUTHORS AND SPECIALISTS Goddess, will be pub- tips for writers. She is currently at work on a 12- make this a great option even lished next spring. That book series of books for writers. She also has a if you live close enough to book is the seventh to movie treatment, represented and being shopped commute. Most of our out-of- feature Molly Masters — full-time mother of by a Hollywood director, that is based on her town presenters will be stay- two, part-time creator of faxable greeting cards, experiences in 1967 as the only white student at a ing at the Wyndham. and an occasional reluctant sleuth. Give the Dog a southern black college. Participants at our earlier Bone, schedule for release in spring 2002, is the PPWCs discovered that some FRANCINE MATHEWS third in Leslie's second series, featuring a dog of the best off-the-cuff advice Francine is the author of psychologist in Boulder, Colorado, where the occurs in after-hours sessions 12 works of mystery and author makes her home. as speakers unwind from suspense. Her women's ROBIN D. OWENS the day. spy novel, The Cutout, Robin has been serious- The Wyndham generously was based upon her ly writing longer than supports our opening night experience of over four she cares to recall. Her reception, and the more rooms years as an intelligence book HeartMate was we fill at the conference rate, analyst for the CIA. Her released in 2001, the the happier the Wyndham second political thriller, first futuristic/fantasy people are to have us consider The Secret Agent, is forthcoming from Bantam in them the home of the Pikes romance purchased for June 2002. As Stephanie Barron, Francine writes Peak Writers Conference. Jove's Magical Love line. a mystery series featuring Jane Austen, the She has been the librari- The room rates for our 2002 Geogian novelist, as a detective. Jane and the an, contest co-chair and President of Rocky conference are $75 single or Stillroom Maid, the sixth book in the series, was double occupancy. These rates Mountain Fiction Writers. She is currently published in November 2001. are guaranteed for reserva- working on a spin-off book, Heart Thief, that tions made by March 30, 2002 BOB MAYER again takes place in her world of Celta. Her (and might still be available on Bob has 21 novels pub- web site, www.robindowens.com is updated a space-available basis for calls lished under pen names monthly and she is particularly proud of her “Free after that date.) Contact the including Robert Doherty, the Artist” page that includes an affirmation, cre- Wyndham Colorado Springs Greg Donegan, and Joe ativity exercise, and motivational quote, as well as at (800)962-6982. Dalton. His Area 51 series the Story Machine to help unblock artists. has been a USA Today CHRISTINE PACHECO bestseller for the last four Waldenbooks bestselling years and has been author Christy Lockhart optioned for feature film (the pseudonym for development with the screenplay written by the Christine Pacheco) is the co-creator of Alien and Total Recall. He has over author of nine books, two million books in print and has been pub- seven Silhouette Desires lished in 10 foreign countries. Eight of his other and, with a partner, two novels have been optioned for film. He has Silhouette Intimate taught novel writing for numerous colleges, Moments. She also had a workshops and conferences. Before writing full historical romance produced in audio format. It time, Bob graduated from West Point and served took nearly 10 years to sell her first book, and in the military as a Special Forces A-Team leader. she considers herself the poster child for perse- For information: www.nettrends.com/mayer. verance. Christine lives her life by Eleanor Roosevelt’s saying: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

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